Minetest 0.4.8 Added drowning & weather support [Ubuntu PPA]

November 25, 2013

Minetest, the open-source Minecraft-like game, has reached v0.4.8 with many new features and bug fixes. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Linux Mint and their derivatives.

Minetest is designed to be simple, stable and portable. It is lightweight enough to run on fairly old hardware. It currently runs playably on a laptop with Intel 945GM graphics. Though, as for the CPU, dualcore is recommended.

What’s New in Minetest 0.4.8:

Big gameplay changes:

Added drowning (PilzAdam, RealBadAngel, BlockMen)

Added weather support (proller)

Smaller gameplay tweaks:

Added new sounds (someone who can’t decide if he wants to be called mitori or mito551)

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